Council Expenditure or Payment to Suppliers from JUL 2019 to DEC 2019
Nikhil Prabhu made this Freedom of Information request to Dumfries and Galloway Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Dumfries and Galloway Council,
I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £500 from JUL 2019 to DEC 2019. Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably CSV). As a minimum, please be sure to include the date, value, recipient and the procurement category of each transaction.
For avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.
Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 12/02/2020 which we are dealing with in terms of the above legislation. We have given your request the unique reference 465224 and we would appreciate it if you could quote this on all correspondence to us.
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Please find below the Council's response to your request 465224 which was received on 12/02/2020.
Details of request: I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £500 from JUL 2019 to DEC 2019. Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably CSV). As a minimum, please be sure to include the date, value, recipient and the procurement category of each transaction.
Response:
as per the attached
Please be aware that the Council holds the copyright, where applicable, for the information provided and it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be acknowledged as Dumfries and Galloway Council and the title of the document must be included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service.
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Dear FOI Responses,
Thank you for your response, however we see 2 issues with the data provided.
1) All Supplier Names have been Redacted. Request you to please un-redact Agency names (including Independent Fostering Agency Names)
2) Request you to please atleast provide the "Total no. of transactions" / month instead of for the entire 6 period of 6 months (from Jul-Dec 2019).
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 10/03/2020 which we are dealing with in terms of the above legislation. We have given your request the unique reference 472937 and we would appreciate it if you could quote this on all correspondence to us.
Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was received. We will therefore aim to respond to your request by 07/04/2020.
Please be aware that, in some circumstances, a fee may be payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you have requested. If this is the case, a fees notice will be issued, which would need to be paid in order to progress your request.
If your request for information is considered and deemed as a 'business as usual' request, it will be responded to by the appropriate Service within the Council.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact [email address].
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Please find below the Council's response to your request 472937 which was received on 10/03/2020.
Details of request: Thank you for your response, however we see 2 issues with the data provided.
1) All Supplier Names have been Redacted. Request you to please un-redact Agency names (including Independent Fostering Agency Names)
2) Request you to please atleast provide the "Total no. of transactions" / month instead of for the entire 6 period of 6 months (from Jul-Dec 2019).
Response:
as per the attached document
Please be aware that the Council holds the copyright, where applicable, for the information provided and it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be acknowledged as Dumfries and Galloway Council and the title of the document must be included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service.
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Dear FOI Responses,
Thank you very much for the un-redaction Sir/Ma'am, however, it is still very hard for us to analyse the data in its present format. Is it at all possible for you to provide us with "itemized" transactions instead of monthly?
i.e., if we could get payments made at the daily level for these suppliers - That would really help us out enormously. We would be extremely grateful if you could do that for us, given the current situation, I understand resources may be tight, but it would go a long way in helping us out !
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
PUBLIC
In your request you stated "Request you to please un-redact Agency names
(including Independent Fostering Agency Names) 2) Request you to please at
least provide the "Total no. of transactions" / month instead of for the
entire 6 period of 6 months (from Jul-Dec 2019)"
You are now asking "Is it at all possible for you to provide us with
"itemized" transactions instead of monthly?"
As this response has complied with your request, we are unable to respond
further.
As you will be aware the COVID-19 pandemic is having an effect on Council
resources and staffing levels. These are unprecedented and challenging
times and we are working across Dumfries and Galloway to respond to the
situation as it develops, following official advice. We appreciate your
patience and understanding in relation to our response to FOISA requests.
However, if you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has
been dealt with, you can request us to carry out an internal review of the
decision by emailing [1][email address] or writing to us within 40
working days of receiving this response. Last week the Scottish
Parliament passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020. It makes a number
of temporary amendments to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
(FOISA). The new Act comes into effect Tuesday 7 April 2020 and the
timescales in which public authorities must respond to requests for
information and review will be extended from 20 to 60 working days
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Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS.
Regards
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for your response.
You are correct that I had requested "to please at least provide the "Total no. of transactions" / month instead of for the entire 6 period of 6 months (from Jul-Dec 2019)" -- But your sheet does NOT contain total no. of txns./month; you have provided the total no. of txns. for ENTIRE 6 months!! That is why we were not satisfied with the data provided.
Please do check the sheet once again and at the very lease provide the total no. of monthly payments for each supplier.
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
Dear FOI,
May I request an update at this point?
Of course being cognizant of the current situation.
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
PUBLIC
Dear Sir
Please be advised that the Service involved has been asked whether it is possible to break down the number of transactions further.
As you will be aware the COVID-19 pandemic is having an effect on Council resources and staffing levels. These are unprecedented and challenging times and we are working across Dumfries and Galloway to respond to the situation as it develops, following official advice. Therefore there may be an unprecedented delay in our response
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FOI Unit
Dumfries and Galloway Council
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for your response & update. We shall wait for their answer.
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
Dear FOI,
It behooves me to check back with you periodically regarding the status of my request, since it has been pending for an extremely long period of time.
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
PUBLIC
As you will be aware the COVID-19 pandemic is having an effect on Council resources and staffing levels. These are unprecedented and challenging times and we are working across Dumfries and Galloway to respond to the situation as it develops, following official advice. We appreciate your patience and understanding in relation to any responses to FOISA requests.
In accordance with Section 17(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Dumfries and Galloway Council can confirm we do not hold the information requested as our reporting facility is unable to give us the number of transactions per month. We have given the number of transactions for the data period requested and we have given the expenditure per month for the data period.
Regards
FOI Unit
Dumfries and Galloway Council
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Dear FOI,
Since you are not able to provide us with itemized transaction data; could we please just narrow our request to payments made to suppliers who provide a service ONLY in Health & Social Care?
This would include all suppliers falling under the categories :-
1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This would include suppliers who provide care under each of below -
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services
I look forward to the information at the earliest.
Thank You,
Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu
Dear FOI,
Also, to add - There is no "vCode Vendor Category" provided for the "Redacted Personal Data" records in the sheet provided on 6th April 2020 "472937.csv.txt". Request you to please include the Category data for all fields, if it exists. Or if you could do so for the aforementioned file ASAP, that would be most helpful!
Thank you so much!
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 30/06/2020 which we are dealing with in terms of the above legislation. We have given your request the unique reference 5010815 and we would appreciate it if you could quote this on all correspondence to us.
Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was received. We will therefore aim to respond to your request by 28/07/2020.
However, as you will be aware the COVID-19 pandemic is having an effect on Council resources and staffing levels. These are unprecedented and challenging times and we are working across Dumfries and Galloway to respond to the situation as it develops, following official advice. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact [email address].
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FOI Unit
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Dear FOI,
Please disregard my message yesterday ( 30th June) for a narrowed down request.
If you could just please include the Category data for all fields, that would be sufficient! This is for the sheet provided on 6th April 2020 "472937.csv.txt". There is no "vCode Vendor Category" displayed for the "Redacted Personal Data" records in the sheet.
Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Your request for information which was received on 30/06/2020 and was being dealt with in terms of the above legislation has now been withdrawn as you have requested.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact [email address].
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FOI Unit
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Good afternoon,
Dumfries and Galloway Council do not hold the information for the vCode Vendor Category of redacted personal data as our reporting facility does not record this information for redacted personal data and as such, we cannot provide this data as requested. vCode Vendor Category data has already been provided for all those suppliers that our reporting facility has coded as appropriate.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Team
Dumfries and Galloway Council
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